Ladin

Ladin is spoken by about 30,000 people in northern Italy in the Dolomite mountains in Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno provinces. It is part of the Rhaeto-Romance branch of Romance languages and is closely related to Fruilian and Romansh.

The Office for Ladin Language Planning (L Servisc à l'enciaria de laoré fora na forma de ladin) is developing a standard written form of Ladin (Ladin Dolomitan) for use across the Ladin-speaking region.

Since the 1990s a number of laws have been passed which provide protection for the Ladin language and culture, and the language has official recognition in Trentino and South Tyrol, though not in Belluno. Ladin is taught in schools and appears on some street signs.

Ladin alphabet

A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i
a be ce de e ef ge asc i
J j L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s
ja el em en o pe ku er es
T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z    
te u ve we
dupel
iks ipsilon zet    

Notes

Ladin pronunciation

Ladin pronunciation

Information about the Ladin alphabet and pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text (Gardena Ladin)

Duta la jënt ie nasciuda liedia y à la medema denità y i medemi dërc. I à na mënt y na cuscienza y dëssa cunviver coche fredesc.

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Sample text (Val Badia Ladin)

Dötes les porsones nasc lëdies y cun la medema dignité y i medemi dërć. Ares à na rajun y na cosciënza y mëss s’incuntè öna cun l’atra te n spirit de fraternité.

Sample text (Comelico Ladin)

Duce cuance i omin nasse libere e conpains zla dignité e zi derite. Löre inà la reson e la cossenzia e dovaraa tnisse duce a une conpagn de frades.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Hear some Ladin language

Information about Ladin | Numbers

Links

Information about the Ladin language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language
http://www.spell-termles.ladinia.net/
http://www.dolomitesladines.it/en/
http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/ladi/an/e1/e1.html
http://tuttofassa.stepdev.org/englinglad.htm

Ladin dictionaries
http://www.ladinternet.it/applications/dictionary/site/index.jsp
http://www.micura.it/en/dictionaries
http://forniita.ladinternet.it
http://itavalbadia.ladinternet.it

Ladin Idioms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JQbAeeE_bU

News in Ladin
http://www.noeles.info
http://www.lauscdiladins.com
http://www.raibz.rai.it/la/index.php

Romance languages

Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Dalmatian, Emilian-Romagnol, Extremaduran, Fala, Franco-Provençal, French, Friulian, Galician, Gallo, Gascon, Genoese, Guernésiais, Istro-Romanian, Istriot, Italian, Jèrriais, Ladino, Ladin, Ligurian, Lombard, Lorrain, Megleno-Romanian, Mirandese, Moldovan, Monégasque, Mozarabic, Neapolitan, Occitan, Occitan (Auvergnat), Occitan (Languedocien), Occitan (Limousin), Occitan (Provençal), Picard, Piedmontese, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Sardinian, Sicilian, Spanish, Valencian, Venetian, Walloon

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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